The Women's Decameron - Hardcover
10 women quarantined in a Lenin maternity clinic tell each other stories that reflect women's experience in the contemporary USSR. The author, who was a founder of the first independent women's group in the USSR, was imprisoned and then exiled for her social and literary activities.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian
From Publishers Weekly:
Original Language: Russian
Ten women in a Leningrad maternity ward regale each other for 10 days with tales and anecdotes ranging from the pungent to the raunchy, with a few tear-jerkers sprinkled between. Zina the tramp, Olga the shipyard worker, and Larissa the doctor of biology compete amicably with Albina the Aeroflot hostess, a wry expert on sexual mores whose motto is to dress on credit and undress for cash, and party functionary Valentina, who unbends considerably when she tells how she tangled a would-be rapist in her mitten-strings. The topics cover the ruses and revenges, together with acts of generosity, that loveand lustinspire. In her first novel, literate dissident Voznesenskaya candidly unfolds a brillant spectrum of Soviet daily life in labor camps (where she spent time), country dachas, and urban dormitories. Readers will find her accounts eye-opening while succumbing to their salty, jaundiced charm.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherQuartet Books
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0704325551
- ISBN 13 9780704325555
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages330
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Women's Decameron
Published by
Quartet Books. London
(1986)
ISBN 10: 0704325551
ISBN 13: 9780704325555
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket. Author a Russian emigre writer. A frank brutal account of 10 women's experience in the Soviet Union after giving birth in Leningrad and kept away from their children for 10 days. Fiction, but a pointer to Putin's Russia? Gift inscription. 330 pages. Quoted postage for K 2nd class. Overseas at least £10.60 due to size. Seller Inventory # 4679
Buy Used
US$ 4.83
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Women's Decameron
Published by
Quartet Books
(1986)
ISBN 10: 0704325551
ISBN 13: 9780704325555
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001209114
Buy Used
US$ 66.40
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Women's Decameron
Published by
Quartet Books, London
(1986)
ISBN 10: 0704325551
ISBN 13: 9780704325555
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1986). 330pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector. Seller Inventory # 022630
Buy Used
US$ 63.60
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Women's Decameron
Published by
Quartet Books
(1986)
ISBN 10: 0704325551
ISBN 13: 9780704325555
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within. Seller Inventory # bk0704325551xvz189zvxgdd
Buy Used
US$ 90.60
Convert currency